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Poetry World Map

The world map (and table) here shows the distribution of poetry on this site. I will try to keep it more or less up to date. Those marked with * aren't independent countries but are ones that I personally feel are worthy of separation.

The current map is dated 9 August 2025 - click for a larger version.

World map showing number of poems by country

I have tried to include poetry from all around the world on this site, and have at least one poem from every country (I think), except Vatican City as no one is allowed to actually be born there. Note that where a poet is from a former time, I have put their country of origin in modern terms, even though the country may not have been named the same in their time. In some cases it isn't possible to pin them down, in which case I have used a more generic country name (e.g. Korea). Finally, some poets were born in one country and lived most of their lives in another - in such cases both countries are "credited" unless they left their birthplace in childhood/infancy.

Table of countries:

Country No. poems       Country No. poems
Afghanistan  10
Luxembourg 6
Albania  15
Macedonia 9
Algeria  12
Madagascar 9
Andorra 5
Malawi  20
Angola  7
Malaysia  21
Antigua and Barbuda 6
Maldives 8
Argentina  40
Mali  9
Armenia 17
Malta 9
Australia  99
Marshall Islands 5
Austria  34
Martinique* 5
Azerbaijan  16
Mauritania 8
Bahamas 5
Mauritius 6
Bahrain  9
Mexico  40
Bangladesh 8
Federated States of Micronesia 5
Barbados  6
Moldova 6
Belarus 10
Monaco 4
Belgium  28
Mongolia  14
Belize 10
Montenegro 5
Benin 6
Morocco  15
Bhutan 5
Mozambique  11
Bolivia 10
Myanmar  5
Bonaire* 3
Namibia  7
Bosnia Herzegovina 8
Nauru 5
Botswana  12
Nepal 17
Brazil  18
Netherlands  65
Brunei 5
New Zealand  41
Bulgaria  28
Nicaragua  13
Burkina Faso 6
Niger 5
Burundi 5
Nigeria  48
Cambodia 6
North Korea  5
Cameroon  11
Northern Ireland* 7
Canada  102
Norway  27
Cape Verde  6
Oman 5
Central African Republic 6
Pakistan  24
Chad 4
Palau 6
Chile  22
Palestine  20
China  95
Panama  6
Colombia  8
Papua New Guinea 9
Comoros 4
Paraguay  10
Cook Islands 2
Persia* 22
Costa Rica 5
Peru  16
Cote d'Ivoire 4
Philippines 16
Croatia 10
Poland  76
Cuba  18
Portugal  38
Curaçao* 5
Puerto Rico* 3
Czech Republic 22
Qatar 4
Democratic Rep of Congo  6
Republic of Congo 4
Denmark  71
Romania  39
Djibouti  5
Russia  109
Dominica 5
Rwanda 6
Dominican Republic 9
Saint Kitts and Nevis 5
Ecuador  11
Saint Lucia  6
Egypt  33
Saint Vincent & the Grenadines 6
El Salvador  15
Samoa 5
England * 307
San Marino 4
Equatorial Guinea  4
São Tomé and Príncipe 4
Eritrea  10
Saudi Arabia   20
Estonia  18
Scotland* 88
Eswatini 6
Senegal   10
Ethiopia  17
Serbia   17
Fiji 6
Seychelles 4
Finland  46
Sierra Leone 11
France  171
Singapore   8
French Guiana* 5
Slovakia 6
Gabon 6
Slovenia   9
Gambia  6
Solomon Islands 4
Georgia  20
Somalia  17
Germany  160
South Africa  41
Ghana  22
South Korea  25
Greece  66
South Sudan 15
Greenland* 5
Spain  118
Guadeloupe*  5
Sri Lanka 10
Guam* 3
Sudan 10
Guatemala  7
Suriname 8
Guinea 4
Sweden  40
Guinea-Bissau 5
Switzerland  31
Guyana  9
Syria  22
Haiti  10
Taiwan 7
Honduras  9
Tajikistan 5
Hungary  30
Tanzania 14
Iceland  24
Thailand 6
India  151
Tibet* 11
Indonesia 12
Timor-Leste 3
Iran  56
Togo 5
Iraq  42
Tonga 6
Ireland  122
Trinidad and Tobago 10
Israel 29
Tunisia 9
Italy  159
Turkey  58
Jamaica  17
Turkmenistan 5
Japan  69
Tuvalu 4
Jordan 5
Uganda  29
Kazakhstan 17
Ukraine   31
Kenya  55
United Arab Emirates 5
Kiribati 6
Uruguay   19
Korea * 7
USA  199
Kosovo  5
Uzbekistan 7
Kuwait 5
Vanuatu 5
Kyrgyzstan 6
Vatican City (Holy See) 0
Laos 5
Venezuela 16
Latvia  15
Vietnam  19
Lebanon  20
Wales* 27
Lesotho  10
Western Sahara 9
Liberia 8
Yemen  6
Libya 10
Zambia  11
Liechtenstein 5
Zimbabwe  29
Lithuania   24


2 comments:

  1. Now if the posts were tagged and the countries above linked to that tag search... :)

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  2. Hi, All the poems are tagged with country, date and author. If you want to see poems from a particular country use the tag cloud below. To pick out a country just use the browser's search function (Ctrl+F). Hope that helps :)

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